EMBO COMMERCIAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC579410 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,070
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,422 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 90% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Total assets | £1.1k | £10.5k |
| Current assets | £1.1k | £10.4k |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £10.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-08📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-08-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-10-19🏢Company incorporatedAs EMBO COMMERCIAL LIMITED
- 2017-10-19➕BUSKIE, Elaine appointedsecretary
- 2017-10-19➕BELL, David Keith appointeddirector
- 2017-10-19➕BUSKIE, Elaine appointeddirector
- 2017-10-19📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Keith Bell Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 19/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Farmhouse Birchwood
Embo Mains
Dornoch
IV25 3PP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BELL, David Keith→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUSKIE, Elaine→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-08-08